ΣΜΥΡΝΗ
1922
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ΑΡΧΕΙΟ
SMYRNA 1922 - PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE
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-Η ΠΥΡΠΟΛΗΣΗ
ΤΗΣ ΣΜΥΡΝΗΣ-
THE DESTRUCTION OF SMYRNA
In
May 1919, the armies of a a free and independent Greece entered the glorious and
long suffering city of Smyrna. For a brief time it appeared that the
extermination of the Hellenic race had ceased. During the First World War, the
Young Turks began to murder the Hellenic populations in Asia Minor, along with
the Armenians and the Assyrians.
Ultimately, Mustafa Kemal Pasha became an instrument of
western imperialism and as such Turkish racism earned the unconditional
assistance of the United States, Great Britain, France, and Italy. The murderous
psychopath Mustafa Kemal was aided by the western powers while the Greek Army in
Asia Minor was cut off by an embargo imposed by the western powers. In September
1922, beautiful Smyrna was conquered by the Kemalists and burned. Over 100,000
Greeks and 30,000 Armenians were slaughtered.
Ongoing Crimes by the Turks
against humanity should not be rewarded.
Visit
http://www.HellenicGenocide.org a website designed by Roberto Lopez of
Sao Paolo, Brazil.
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Ο
Μητροπολίτης
Σμύρνης
Χρυσόστομος,
ΕΠΕΣΕΝ ΥΠΕΡ
ΠΙΣΤΕΩΣ ΚΑΙ
ΠΑΤΡΙΔΟΣ.
Αρνούμενος να
εγκαταλέιψει
την Σμύρνη,
εκτελέστηκε
από τους
Τούρκους.
Special mention must be made
of Metropolitan Chrysostom of Smyrna. This brave and noble Greek Orthodox
Cleric supported the Greek liberators in 1919, and was a voice for the
aspirations of a nation that had been enslaved, humiliated, massacred,
and denigrated for centuries. When the news broke that the Kemalist aggressors
would retake Smyrna, it became apparent that the Greeks and the Armenians
would not survive. Metropolitan Chrysostom was offered refuge by the
French Consulate. This Saint refused the offer of safety and chose to
share the fate of his flock. Metropolitan Chrysostom was handed over to a
fanatical Muslim mob by the crazed and sadistic Kemalist General Noureddin
Pasha. He was humiliated by having his beard cut off, and then his eyes,
ears, nose, and hands were cut off. Metropolitan Chyrsostom was canonized
as a Saint by the Orthodox Church of Greece in 1992. (He is very much
AXIOS and deserves to be remembered and prayed for).
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Η μόνη
διέξοδος για
τους Έλληνες
κατοίκους της
Σμύρνης ήταν η
θάλασσα. Στην
φωτογραφία το
πλοιάριο
βυθίζεται
λόγω
υπερφόρτωσης.
Η φωτογραφία
λήφθηκε από
Αμερικανικό
αντιτορπιλλικό
πλοίο που
ευρισκόταν
στην περιοχή,
μαζί με άλλα 26
συμμαχικά
πολεμικά
σκάφη, τα
οποία όμως δεν
έπραξαν
απολύτως
τίποτα ούτε
για να
αποτρέψουν
την
καταστροφή
αλλά και ούτε
για να
βοηθήσουν τον
Ελληνικό
άμαχο
πληθυσμό που
ικέτευε για
βοήθεια.
The only way out for the Greeks of Smyrna was
the sea. In the photo you can see a small boat sunk from the weight. This
photo was taken aboard a US destroyer ship which was cruising the area as
part of an allied fleet of more than 20 warships. The allies did absolutely
nothing to help the Greeks and the Armenians despite the numerous pleas for
help. Instead the Americans were only taking photos of the ensuing genocide.
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Άποψη της
προκυμαίας
της Σμύρνης με
πολλά
Ελληνικά
κτίρια, όπως
το κτίριο της
Εθνικής
τράπεζας της
Ελλάδας,
εμπορικά
καταστήματα,
θέατρα, κλπ.
Όλα έγιναν
στάχτη τον
Σεπτέμβρη του
1922.
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Η ιστορική
και
αρχαιοτάτη
πόλη της
Σμύρνης
παραδίδεται
στις φλόγες
την 13η
Σεπτεμβρίου 1922.
Η φωτιά
κατακαίει
ολόκληρο τον
Χριστιανικό (Ελληνικό,
Ιταλικό,
Γαλλικό, και
Αρμενικό)
τομέα
συμπεριλαμβανομένων
Σχολείων,
νοσοκομείων,
κρατικών
κτιρίων, κλπ.
The ancient and historic town of Smyrni is
burned by the Turks on the 13th of September 1922. The fire burns the entire
Christian section of the city (Greek, Italian, French and Armenian)
including Schools, hospitals, theaters, and public buildings.
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The ancient Greek town of Smyrna in flames in September of
1922. The photo was taken from one of the Allies ships that did absolutely
nothing to help the Greek population of Smyrna during the destruction.
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Helpless Greeks civilians waiting on the docks of Smyrna
harbor to be evacuated in September 1922. The allies never helped the Greek
population although they had 26 navy battleships in the vicinity observing
the destruction.
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The entire Greek population of Smyrna was Ethnically Cleansed by the Turks
in September 1922. The Allies, whom Greece has always provided assistance in
all major conflicts, not only abandoned the Greek population to be
slaughtered by the Turks, but actively assisted in the defeat of the Greeks
by enforcing an embargo against the Greek Army fighting in Asia Minor and by
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The fire in Smyrna begun in the
Armenian quarter.
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Smyrna in ashes after the destruction of September 1922. |
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Οι Τούρκοι
άναψαν τη
φωτιά μέσα
στον Αρμενικό
τομέα της
Σμύρνης την
ώρα που
φυσούσε
δυνατός
άνεμος προς το
Χριστιανικό
τομέα της
πόλης, και
μακριά από τον
τουρκικό. Ο
τουρκικός
τομέας της
πόλης δεν
επηρεάστηκε
καθόλου από
την
καταστροφή,
ενώ κατα την
διάρκεια των
πυρκαγιών, των
λεηλασιών, και
σφαγιασμών
των
Χριστιανών, ο
τουρκικός
τομέας ήταν
φωτισμένος
και εκεί
γίνονταν
εορταστικές
εκδηλώσεις με
χορούς,
τραγούδια, και
γλέντια.
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As the destroyer moved away from the fearful scene and
darkness descended, the flames, raging now over a vast area, grew brighter
and brighter, presenting a scene of awful and sinister beauty. Historians
and archeologists have declared that they know of but one event in the
annals of the world which can equal in savagery, extent and all the
elements of horror, cruelty and human suffering, the destruction of Smyrna
and its Christian population by the Turks, and this was the demolition of
Carthage by the Romans."
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During the same conversation Miss Mills told me of a great
throng of Christians crowded into a street the head of which was guarded
by Turkish soldiers. The flames were approaching and the soldiers were
forcing these people to go into the houses. An American automobile passed
and the poor wretches stretched out their hands, crying: "Save us!
The Turks are going to burn us alive." Nothing could be done, of
course, and the car passed on. Later two Catholic priests came up and said
to the Turks, "This is a fiendish thing you are doing," and they
allowed an old woman to come out of one of the houses."
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The following typical incident illustrates the perfect
harmony prevailing in naval circles in the Harbor of Smyrna resulting from
international discords and how punctiliously the amenities were observed:
An admiral of a battle-ship had been invited to dine with one of his
colleagues. He arrived some minutes late and apologized for the delay,
which had been caused by the dead body of a woman getting tangled up in
the propeller of his launch."
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περισσότερες
πληροφορίες
επικοινωνήστε
μέσω
ηλεκτρονικού
ταχυδρομείου
με τον
Κωνσταντίνο Χολιαστό.
Για τεχνικά
προβλήματα
σχετικά με αυτή
την ιστοσελίδα
επικοινωνήστε
με τον Χρίστο
Α. Νεοφύτου.
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